Patrick Whitesell Biography
Patrick Whitesell is an American businessman and the executive chairman of Endeavor, a media, and entertainment agency. In February 2001, he became a partner at Endeavor Talent Agency, where he served on the company’s Executive Committee.
How old is Patrick Whitesell? – Age
He is 57 years old as of 4 February 2022. He was born in 1965 in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States.
Patrick Whitesell Family
He is Patricia and John Patrick “Jack” Whitesell’s son. Sean Whitesell, the late film and television actor, Thomas Whitesell, writer Christopher Whitesell, college basketball coach Jim Whitesell, and director John Whitesell are his brothers. In 1983, Whitesell graduated from Iowa Falls High School. In 1987, he graduated from Luther College in Iowa.
Patrick Whitesell Wife
Whitesell is a Beverly Hills resident. He has two children from his divorce from Lauren Sanchez. On November 28, 2020, he proposed to Pia (née Loyola) Miller, an Australian actress of Chilean descent. They were married in May 2021, according to reports.
Patrick Whitesell Net Worth
According to Bloomberg, Endeavor will go public in 2021, with Whitesell owning a stake worth approximately $480 million.
Patrick Whitesell House
Patrick plans to sell his Beverly Hills mansion for $22 million in November 2021. Tony Scott’s vacant lot was separately listed for $5 million. Both properties are still available for purchase as of this writing.
Patrick paid $42.85 million for a 20,000-square-foot mansion in Los Angeles’ Holmby Hills neighborhood in April 2021. A decade ago, the property was home to Williams Sonoma CEO Howard Lester. Lester died in 2010, and his estate sold the house for $23 million two years later.
Patrick Whitesell Career
From 1990 to 1992, Whitesell worked at InterTalent. From 1992 to 1995, he worked as an agent for United Talent Agency (UTA). From 1995 to 2001, Whitesell was the head of Creative Artists Agency’s (CAA) talent department.
Whitesell began his professional career as a mail clerk at InterTalent, a talent agency. During his two years with InterTalent, he worked his way up from the mail room to an agency position, and then became an agent at United Talent Agency. He left United after two years to join Creative Artists Agency, where he stayed for the next five years. He progressed from agent to head of the talent department at Creative Artists. Patrick joined Endeavor Talent Agency in 2001.
He would later play a key role in the successful merger of the agency with the William Morris Agency. For a time, he shared the role of CEO with Ari Emanuel. Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Ellen Page, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Denzel Washington, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, and Matt Damon are among the many clients represented by the agency
Morris paid $2.4 billion for IMG in 2013, and the company is now known as WME-IMG. The company acquired IMG with the assistance of private equity firm Silver Lake. Silver Lake was given a 51% stake in the new mega-agency after the acquisition was completed. Ari Emmanuel Patrick Whitesell and their original partners were left with 47% of the equity.
WME’s current market value is estimated to be $10 billion. Patrick’s equity alone is worth $400 million before taxes at that valuation. Ari and Patrick were also given 10-year employment contracts with annual base salaries of $10 million when Silver Lake invested.